Why is scrapper leader of the constructicons???

Every leader of aevery gestalt is in the center or head of the combined mode. Don't get me wrong, i love scrapper but shouldn't hook be leader of the constructicons??? Sure you need a good foundation thus he makes sense as leader but then couldn't mixmaster be leader as well??

I know may seem like a petty complaint to some, but I hear you about the whole 'gestalt leader should be central component' thing - Scrapper being Devy's foot made me leery even when I first heard of it as a kid. As far as my personal canon is concerned, Hook is boss of the Constructicons and Scrapper is his second-in-command.

Scrapper is the engineer of the Constructicons. While the other Constructicons put their masterpieces together, Scrapper is the one who designs everything for them. Though his designs are among the best in Transformer history, Scrapper is a modest Decepticon who quickly shrugs off the praise he receives. In that respect he is the polar-opposite of his frequent second in command, Hook, who is an egomaniacal glory-hound.

Though modest, Scrapper is still a total nutcase. One of his favorite artistic liberties with his designs involves taking living Autobots and using them as raw materials. This vicious act is something Megatron finds admirable, as he considers Scrapper the most valuable of the Constructicons.

I went in here expecting to find back and forth that he wasn't the leader and that "depending on the continuity..." blah blah blah. I was pleasantly surprised to see this was actually a nice little discussion, and I actually learned something. Nice stuff.

Funnily enough, the Dinoforce phenomenon, which matches the Devastator one, isn't replicated with Monstructor. Slog outranks all the other Pretender Monsters.

... that's actually pretty damned clever. I think I might just end up reverting to 'canon' canon.

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That's right! Circa, 1989, we saw a role reversal for 6 member teams! Monstructor followed the Scramble City and central unit version of combiners!
And from what we know, didn't Slog also get featured the most in the Marvel Comics?

I like that the modest psychopath is the one Megatron favours. It makes sense when viewed against the power struggle he has with Starscream.

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Nice observation.

Which implies megs mustve been really desperate in choosing ss but having no better choice in terms of skilled/charismatic guy to lead his seekers. TC was too brooding, skywarp is dumb while coneheads were generally psychotic.